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<h1>About new documentation for this release
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<p>The Microsoft HTML Help 1.3 release contains the following new and updated documentation components.
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<h2>An updated HTML Help Authoring Guide</h2>

<p>Documentation on all new features (the <a href="favs.htm">Favorites</a> tab, <a href="ftsa.htm">advanced full-text search</a>, <a href="autohde.htm">automatically hiding the Navigation pane</a>, and adding a full-text search <a href="stop2.htm">stop list</a>) has been added.</p>

<p>Information about <a href="access.htm">accessibility</a>, working with <a href="htlink.htm">links</a>, <a href="cxtover.htm">context-sensitive help</a>, <a href="shortcutov.htm">adding shortcut buttons</a>, <a href="switch.htm">using command line switches</a>, <a href="comptime.htm">the HTML markup feature</a>, and using <a href="cntnimg.htm">custom image files</a> in the table of contents, has also been added.</p>

<p>The table of contents and index have been revised and the cascading style sheets have been updated to include Dynamic HTML (DHTML) mouseovers. Advanced full-text search and a <b>Favorites</b> tab have been added. The new HTML Help ActiveX control reference is merged with the HTML Help Information Guide, demonstrating the use of merged contents (.hhc) and index (.hhk) files.</p>

<h2>An updated HTML Help ActiveX control reference</h2>

<p>The <a href="ms-its:hhaxref.chm::/ocx_intro.htm">HTML Help ActiveX control reference</a> has not been updated for the 1.3 release.</p>

<p>A new Methods section has been added and scripting examples have been updated. </p>

<h2>A new HTML Help API reference</h2>

<p>The <a href="ms-its:api.chm::/ov_main.htm">HTML Help API reference</a> is now a comprehensive reference with useful information on the HTML Help API, complete with sample calls. This reference has been updated for the 1.3 release.</p>

<h2>A new HTML Help script and DHTML examples section</h2>

<p>The <a href="ocx_scripts.htm">script and DHTML examples section</a> shows you how to create dynamic elements for your help system and provides step-by-step examples of actual script and DHTML elements used in the HTML Help documentation.</p>

<h2>Updated HTML Help Viewer topics</h2>

<p>This documentation has been updated to include new 1.3 compiler features and accessibility information. New topics are included for advanced full-text search, the <b>Favorites</b> tab, and shortcut keys.</p>

<p>Help authors can use any of the Help Viewer topics in their own help systems. This file can be found on the <a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/htmlhelp/default.asp" TARGET="new">HTML Help Web site</a></p>

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